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TOP STORIES

Italy quake death toll hits 267, state funeral planned

PESCARA DEL TRONTO, Italy - Hopes of finding more survivors faded on Friday three days after a powerful earthquake hit central Italy, with the death toll rising to 267 and the rescue operation in some of the stricken areas called off. (ITALY-QUAKE/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV, GRAPHICS), moved at 9:08 a.m., 936 words, will be led through the day)

Erdogan says Turkey's resolve to fight militants increased by latest blast

ISTANBUL - President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey's resolve to battle militants would only increase after Friday's attack on a police headquarters in the southeast of the country that he blamed on the outlawed militant group Kurdistan Workers Party. (TURKEY-SECURITY/KURDS-ERDOGAN (PIX), moved at 6:24 a.m., 70 words)

Turkey signals no quick end to Syria incursion as truck bomb kills 11

ISTANBUL/KARKAMIS, Turkey - Turkish forces will remain in Syria for as long as it takes to cleanse the border of Islamic State and other militants, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Friday, after a truck bombing by Kurdish insurgents killed at least 11 police officers. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY (WRAPUP 1, PIX, TV, GRAPHICS), moved at 8:24 a.m., 1,126 words)

Kerry, Lavrov push to finalize details of Syria cooperation deal

GENEVA - Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov met in Geneva on Friday to try to hammer out final details of a cooperation agreement on fighting Islamist militants in Syria as the U.N. pushed for the safe evacuation civilians trapped since 2012 in a besieged Damascus suburb. (MIDEAST CRISIS/KERRY-LAVROV (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), moving shortly, 638 words)

As central bankers gather, some at Fed make interest rate rise case

JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. - As central bankers converge on this mountain resort for an annual conference on monetary policy, a couple of top Federal Reserve officials take the chance to renew a push for interest rate hikes, citing improvement in employment and inflation. (USA-FED/ (WRAPUP 2, PIX), moved, 400 words, will be led with Janet Yellen policy speech during the day)

CAMPAIGN

Long-time Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio faces tough re-election bid

PHOENIX - Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio has long battled controversy over his tough stance on illegal immigration but may now face his toughest test as he seeks a seventh term as sheriff of the state's most populous county. (ARIZONA-ELECTION/SHERIFF (PIX), moved at 9 a.m., by David Schwartz, 383 words)

Judge orders search of new Clinton emails on Libya for release by Sept. 13

WASHINGTON - A federal judge ordered the State Department to release by Sept. 13 any emails it finds between Hillary Clinton and the White House from the week of the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, among the thousands of additional emails uncovered by federal investigators. (USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-EMAILS (UPDATE 1), moved at 7:20 p.m., 450 words)

Clinton, Trump clash over who is best for U.S. minorities

RENO, Nev./MANCHESTER, N.H. - Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump on Thursday of fueling America's "radical fringe" with racist rhetoric even as her Republican rival sought with mixed success to soften his image with an appeal to minorities. (USA-ELECTION/ (WRAPUP 3, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 6 p.m., 844 words)

White House meets with Clinton, Trump teams to discuss transition

(USA-ELECTION/TRANSITION, moved, 84 words)

OBAMA

As racial politics loom over election, Obama's legacy is seen as mixed

WASHINGTON - When Barack Obama became the first African-American to win the White House in 2008, his victory was a turning point in U.S. race relations that set high expectations for progress to come. Nearly eight years later, with Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton attacking each other over racial politics, the legacy of Obama's presidency looks decidedly mixed, black leaders say. (USA-OBAMA/LEGACY-RACE (PIX), moved at 6 a.m., by Jeff Mason, 708 words)

Obama's judges leave liberal imprint on U.S. law

WASHINGTON - When President Barack Obama entered the White House in 2009, the federal appeals court based in Virginia was known as one of the most conservative benches in the country. Two Obama terms later, Democratic appointees hold a 10-5 majority on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a panel of which issued a ground-breaking ruling this April backing transgender rights. (USA-COURT/OBAMA (PIX, GRAPHIC), moved at 7 a.m., by Lawrence Hurley, 990 words) See also: Cases where Obama judges on appeals courts left a mark (USA-COURT/OBAMA-CASES (FACTBOX), moved at 7 a.m., 265 words)

Obama expands Hawaii marine reserve in final push on climate

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will dramatically expand the Papahnaumokukea Marine National Monument off the coast of Hawaii on Friday, the White House said, an action that will ban commercial fishing from more than 582,500 square miles of the Pacific Ocean. (USA-OBAMA/OCEANS (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 12:33 a.m., 669 words)

WASHINGTON

U.S. aid to Pakistan shrinks amid mounting frustration over militants

WASHINGTON - Pakistan's continued support for resurgent militant groups hostile to the United States, coupled with warming U.S. military and business relations with India, is sharply diminishing Islamabad's strategic importance as an ally to Washington, U.S. military, diplomatic, and intelligence officials and outside experts say. (USA-PAKISTAN/AID (GRAPHIC), moved at 7 a.m., by Idrees Ali, 840 words)

FEATURE

Greeting refugees, Montana city draws on wisdom learned decades ago from Laotian immigrants

MISSOULA, Montana - Decades after hosting Hmong families who had fled Laos, the small city of Missoula, Montana, nestled in the Rocky Mountains, is drawing on the success of that experience to welcome a new set of refugees. (USA-REFUGEES/MONTANA (PIX), moved at midnight, by Ellen Wulfhorst, 900 words) See also: Hmong refugees who fled Laos woven into social tapestry of Western U.S. (USA-REFUGEES/HMONG (FACTBOX, PIX), moved at midnight, 319 words)

Older refugees in U.S. advise newcomers - work hard, brace for cold weather

MISSOULA, Montana - Vang Moua, a member of the ethnic Hmong hill tribe who resettled in the American West from Laos decades ago, has simple advice for new refugees. Put aside your pride, put your past behind you and get to work, he said. "Make money to feed your family. Make money to pay the rent," said Moua, who is now 67 and retired. "House cleaning, yard work. I did everything just for money." And get used to cold weather and the stark Rocky Mountain landscape. (USA-REFUGEES/HMONG (PIX), moved at midnight, by Ellen Wulfhorst, 790 words)

OTHER U.S. NEWS

Two nuns stabbed to death in their home in Mississippi

-- Two Catholic nuns were found stabbed to death on Thursday at their home in Durant, Mississippi, and officials told local media they are investigating the case as a robbery that escalated into murder. (MISSISSIPPI-MURDER/, moved at 6 p.m., 158 words)

Officer fatally wounded responding to domestic violence incident in Tennessee

-- A police officer in eastern Tennessee was fatally wounded by a suspect as he responded to a domestic violence incident on Thursday, police said. (TENNESSEE-CRIME/, moved at 5:16 a.m., 171 words)

California judge considers new physician-assisted suicide law

LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for a group of doctors bringing the first legal challenge to California's new law allowing physician-assisted suicide were due in court on Friday to urge a judge to suspend the statute while their case is under review. (CALIFORNIA-ASSISTEDSUICIDE/ (PIX, TV), moved at 5 a.m., by Steve Gorman, 508 words)

Man in boxer shorts jumps fence, crashes pickup into plane - Omaha police

-- A man was arrested after he stripped down to his boxer shorts, scaled a fence and rammed a pickup truck into a Southwest Airlines airplane parked at Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska, on Thursday, police said. (NEBRASKA-FLIGHT/, moved at 2:25 a.m., 193 words)

Judge in Stanford rape case will stop hearing criminal cases

SAN FRANCISCO - The judge who gave a six-month jail term to a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious young woman will stop hearing criminal cases, a court official said on Thursday, after a firestorm of criticism. (CALIFORNIA-RAPE/, moved at 12:25 a.m., 358 words)

Colorado police use DNA to 'draw' killer in unsolved triple murder

DENVER - Cold-case detectives seeking to solve the 1984 killing of three family members inside their Colorado home released on Thursday a computer-generated image of a suspect based on DNA left behind by the killer at the scene of the crime. (COLORADO-CRIME/ (PIX), moved at 10 p.m., 355 words)

MIDDLE EAST

First evacuees leave besieged Damascus suburb Daraya

BEIRUT - The evacuation by bus of residents and insurgents from the besieged Damascus suburb of Daraya began on Friday, Reuters witnesses and Syrian state TV said, following one of the longest stand-offs in the country's five-year war. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-DARAYA (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX), moved at 8:38 a.m., 511 words)

Israeli troops kill Palestinian who ran towards them, army says

JERUSALEM - Israeli soldiers on Friday shot and killed an apparently unarmed Palestinian who ran towards their position in a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, and the incident was under review, a military spokeswoman said. (ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/ (CORRECTED, TV), moved at 8 a.m., 255 words)

Kuwait detains member of Islamic State cyber army

DUBAI - Kuwaiti authorities have detained a state employee suspected of belonging to the Islamic State-linked "Cyber Caliphate Army," and hacking official websites of foreign countries to spread militant ideology, local media reported on Friday. (KUWAIT-SECURITY/CYBERARMY, moved at 7:48 a.m., 304 words)

WORLD

Philippine government, communist rebels sign ceasefire deal

OSLO - The Philippines government and Maoist-led rebels agreed indefinite ceasefires on Friday as part of an accord to accelerate efforts to end a conflict that has lasted almost five decades and killed at least 40,000 people. (PHILIPPINES-REBELS/NORWAY (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 8:30 a.m., 400 words) See also: Philippine troops kill 11 Islamist militants (PHILIPPINES-MILITANTS/, moved at 7:55 a.m., 215 words)

Violence erupts in Zimbabwe's capital after anti-Mugabe rally

HARARE - Zimbabwean police on Friday fired tear gas at opposition leaders and hundreds of demonstrators as a protest against President Robert Mugabe descended into one of the worst outbreaks of violence in two decades, Reuters witnesses said. (ZIMBABWE-PROTEST/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved at 9:07 a.m., 490 words)

Top French court makes initial ruling to suspend burkini ban

PARIS - France's highest administrative court on Friday suspended a ban on full-body burkini swimsuits that has outraged Muslims and opened divisions within the government, pending a definitive ruling. (RELIGION-BURQA/FRANCE (UPDATE 1), moved at 9:14 a.m., 211 words)

Bolivian miners lift roadblock after official beaten to death

LA PAZ - Bolivian miners accused of beating a government official to death lifted the roadblock where violent protests had taken place this week, with President Evo Morales calling Friday a day of "deep pain" for the country. (BOLIVIA-MINISTER/, moved at 9:11 a.m., 270 words)

Judge rejects prosecutor request to appeal Pistorius sentence

JOHANNESBURG - A South African judge dismissed on Friday a request by state prosecutors to appeal Oscar Pistorius' six-year murder sentence, the latest twist in a trial that has captured global headlines. (SAFRICA-PISTORIUS/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved at 8:08 a.m., 600 words)

Congo to free five democracy activists to ease tensions

KINSHASA - Democratic Republic of Congo will free five democracy activists in a bid to ease political tensions during talks about a delayed presidential election, the justice minister said on Friday. (CONGO-POLITICS/, moved at 8:34 a.m., 325 words)

Ethiopia says Olympic marathon medalist a "hero" and forever welcome back home

LONDON - The Ethiopian government has given a public assurance that the Olympic marathon silver medalist Feyisa Lilesa would be safe if he returns to Ethiopia, following his protest against the treatment of his Oromo people as he crossed the finish line. (ETHIOPIA-LANDRIGHTS/OLYMPICS, moved at 8 a.m., 465 words)

EU should drop Russia sanctions, Slovak PM says after meeting Putin

(UKRAINE-CRISIS/SLOVAKIA, moved at 7:27 a.m., 350 words)

UK's troubled Labor party faces new woe over annual conference

(BRITAIN-POLITICS/LABOR, moved at 7:54 a.m., 405 words)

HEALTH AND SCIENCE

Cash may convince some smokers to quit

-- Paying smokers to quit and giving them more money the longer they avoid cigarettes might help get more people to kick the habit than cessation advice on its own, a recent study suggests. (HEALTH-INCENTIVES/SMOKING-CESSATION, moved, 669 words)

Hair transplants make men look more attractive, youthful: survey

-- Balding men who seek to look better or younger by undergoing hair transplants are on the right course, a small new study suggests. (HEALTH-BALDNESS/HAIR-TRANSPLANT, moved, 466 words)

Exposure to 9/11 disaster tied to low birth weight, preterm delivery

(HEALTH-SEPTEMBER11/EXPOSURE-BIRTHS, moved, 694 words)

U.S. pharmacies sell cigarettes for less than other stores

(HEALTH-PHARMACIES/CIGARETTE-PRICING, moved, 590 words)

Illinois attorney general sues Insys over fentanyl drug marketing

(INSYS-LAWSUIT/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 298 words)

ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE

Homeland Security probes hacking of actress Leslie Jones' website

-- The Department of Homeland Security is investigating a new incident involving actress Leslie Jones, who has been targeted by online abusers, after hackers posted nude photos and personal information on the "Ghostbusters" star's website. (PEOPLE-LESLIEJONES/ (PIX), moved at 6 p.m., 300 words)

Hundreds challenge human pyramid limits at Indian Hindu festival

-- Hundreds of people attending a Hindu festival in India's western Maharashtra state on Thursday defied India's Supreme Court order limiting the height of human pyramids due to safety concerns. (RELIGION-INDIA/LORDKRISHNA (PIX, TV), moved, 263 words)

American guitarist uses music as healing force in Kabul

KABUL - Strumming their guitars and clapping together, American musician Lanny Cordola and his Afghan pupils sing a Bob Marley tune as they sit on a hill in Kabul. (AFGHANISTAN-MUSIC/SCHOOL (TV), moved at 7:53 a.m., 300 words)

Searching for history along the Thames

LONDON - A torch on his head, Jason Sandy scours the night-time London foreshores of the Thames river, searching for objects that could offer a glimpse of life in the British capital hundreds of years ago. (BRITAIN-MUDLARKS/ (PIX, WIDER IMAGE), moved at 5 a.m., 430 words)

Accidental mogul: China property billionaire's route to Hollywood

(DALIANWANDA-CHAIRMAN/ (PIX, TV), moved at 4:15 a.m., 840 words)

Film Review: 'Hermia & Helena'

(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-FILM/REVIEWS), moved, 714 words)

'Dr. Drew' Ending After 5 Years on HLN

(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-TV/NEWS), moved, 370 words)

CONSUMER TECH

EU may require YouTube, DailyMotion to seek deals with music industry

BRUSSELS - Websites such as Google's YouTube, DailyMotion and Pinterest could be required by the European Union to seek licenses or revenue-sharing deals with artists for content that is uploaded by their users. (EU-COPYRIGHT/ (UPDATE 2), moved at 7:48 a.m., 563 words)

Economists see ride-hailing industry as ripe for competition

SAN FRANCISCO - Chinese powerhouse Didi Chuxing's acquisition of Uber Technologies Inc's China operations marked the biggest move yet toward consolidation in an industry that many investors and Silicon Valley pundits view as a winner-take-all game. (UBER-RIDESHARING/ (ANALYSIS, PIX), moved at 7 a.m., 1,020 words)

BREXIT

British economy escapes Brexit blow, for now

LONDON - Britain's high streets are heaving with shoppers despite June's shock vote to leave the European Union, big companies have reported few signs of distress and some tabloid newspapers are even talking about a post-Brexit economic boom. (BRITAIN-EU/ECONOMY (UPDATE 1, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved at 6:30 a.m., 1,100 words) See also: Faith in quick-fix access to EU market after Brexit fades (BRITAIN-EU/REGULATIONS, moved at 8:40 a.m., 1,100 words)

BUSINESS AND MARKETS

Mazda recalling 190,000 CX-7 vehicles in U.S.

DETROIT - Mazda will recall 190,000 of its CX-7 sport utility vehicles from model years 2007 to 2012 in the United States because of an issue that may cause a loss of steering control, U.S. safety regulators said on Friday. (MAZDA-RECALL/, moved at 8:46 a.m., 174 words)

Schooled in the short run, central banks struggle with a long-term role

JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. - Schooled in economic thinking that confines monetary policy to the short run, central bankers gathering in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, are grappling with a singular change: whether they can take over as guardians of long-term growth with programs that may stay in place and influence markets for decades to come. (USA-FED/POLICY (ANALYSIS), moved at 1 a.m., 774 words)

Foreign seed firms team up to oppose new India GMO crop rules

NEW DELHI - Major international seed companies formed an alliance on Friday to oppose a proposal by India that would force them to share their genetically modified crop technology with local players. Executives from the India businesses of Monsanto, Bayer, Dow, Dupont Pioneer and Syngenta which have formed the alliance, said seed prices should be set by the market rather than by regulation. (INDIA-GMO/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 8:12 a.m., 200 words)

Volkswagen to spend at least $1.2 billion to compensate U.S. dealers

WASHINGTON - Volkswagen AG has agreed to spend more than $1.2 billion to compensate its 650 U.S. dealers for their losses from the German automaker's diesel emissions scandal, two sources briefed on the matter said. (VOLKSWAGEN-EMISSIONS/ (UPDATE 5), moved, 800 words)

Tesla wins U.S. antitrust approval to buy Solar City

WASHINGTON - Tesla Motors Inc has won U.S. antitrust approval to buy solar panel installer Solar City Corp, moving closer to its goal of creating a carbon-free energy and transportation company. (SOLARCITY-M&A/TESLA (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, 200 words)

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